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[INFO] Key Process/Reference
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sequoya
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 		 [INFO] Key Process/Reference
What exactly to do when you find a key:

(We probably all know this now, but I figure it may help new players coming on and avoid any rejection of keys.. the Key Description page can prove a little confusing)

Step 1 : Find And Format A Key

A key should look something like this:

Code:

/----------------------\
|                       |
|  I am the hacker,     |
|  I can decrypt all    |\_______________________________
|  the world's info.    |                                \
|  Use me, and you      |                                 \
|  shall unlock         |________________________________ /
|  the logical one.     | ____    _       __   ___      _/
|                       |/    \  / \     /  \_/   \    /
|                       |      \/   \   /          \  /
|     Gate#3202         |            \_/            \/
\-----------------------/


If it's a little garbled, for example it was hidden in an mp3, then get it as close to the above format as you can. Save it as <baseelement>.key.. <baseelement> should be easy enough to derive from the key itself, simply take what's after "I AM" or "I AM THE" - in this case you would save as hacker.key.

Step 2 : Email Your Key To The Guard

Now, attach it to an email - subject and body don't seem to matter - and send it to gatewaykeyholeSPLAThotmail.com. IMPORTANT EDIT: Keyhole address has changed to confidentialtransmissionsSPLAThotmail.com as of 2nd Oct 04.

Edit: Don't use Mozilla Thunderbird, it does funny things to text attachments - Stormalong

Now wait. The guard only picks up keys at midnight Eastern Standard Time.

Step 3: Check Your Response

After this, he should send you an email. This will either indicate: Success, Failure due to bad formatting, Failure due to another reason (e.g. forgery - eep!) or Failure as the key has already been submitted.

Forgery will get you banned from submitting keys for 2 days. Failure due to any other reason is ok, you will just have to resubmit for another day with the correct format, or admit defeat as someone else has submitted the key before you Smile

Success will unlock the corresponding cell - in this case 3202 - CyberSlash, and if all is well you should see your name on the Cell Listings along with a new command to enter into the Command Prompt.

Here ends Jehane's guide to submitting keys.

Found Keys Reference Guide

Front Door Key (rabbithole puzzle) - submitted by Caterpillar
3201 CyberStrike - Submitted by sequoya.
3202 CyberSlash - Found by Stormalong, but submitted by sequoya. (due to bannage!)
3226 CrossedSignal - Submitted by Varin.
3210 Black_Jessica - Submitted by Satanis
3213 Mirage - Submitted by sequoya

3207 Medic - Submitted by Stormalong, awaiting confirmation
3223 SonicReverberation - Half of this key has been found, currently searching for the matching half.
3227 CryoCutter - Dorkmaster found and submitted this.. potentially may have been mixed up with 3226? Unclear.

Hope this helps, and I'll update as we find more keys!
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 		As listed here, my key did not open the cryocutter door. I don't know if this is a puzzle or not, but I just wanted to make it clear, that while I have obtained the "emotion.key", it is apparently not the key to open cell 3227.

(Please read the thread linked by tinyURL before you post addendum to this. I want to make this available so people keep looking for the cryocutter key, but nothing more. If you want to talk about my key mishap, go there and talk about it! Thanks!)

-DM
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 		For the latest info on current status of Keys, check the Key section of the Wiki. (to avoid editing this post a bazillion times)
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